2023-03-25 07:55:45
Let’s ham it up
Ham means…
Amateur (“ham”) radio
- a hobby
- for learning and fun
- about electronics, radio, and communication
- for millions of people everywhere and at every age…
Radio is everywhere
- Wifi (900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)
- Bluetooth, (2.45 GHz)
- GPS, 1575.42 MHz; 1227.60 MHz; 1023 MHz.
- Cell/mobile, (too many to list!)
- Near-field communication (NFC)
Radio is all about…
- Frequencies (like ‘meter’ in music)
- Bands (groups of frequencies)
- Modes (ways to make radios ‘talk’)
- Propagation (how far radio signals go)
A zillion hobbies in one
Summits on the Air (SOTA)
National Parks on the Air (NPOTA)
Walmart Parking Lots on the Air (WPLOTA)
Contesting
Ria Jairam, N2RJ
World Radiosport
Weak signal modes
Software defined radio (SDR)
Atmospheric science
Emergency/Event Communications
Build & launch a cubesat
Talk to space
Go where no one has…
Hack hardware
Robotics and antennas
http://wc2fd.com/index.php?title=Emergency_Antenna_Platform_System
Build your own computer networks
Operate anywhere!
Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)
Packets heard by K3ROG-10 in Jan 2020
Learn new languages
Join a world-wide community
Next steps
Listen!
Learn
Get licensed
But why do I need/want a license?
- To transmit (not to listen)
- Proves that you know something
- Get a callsign that is unique to you
- It’s cool
Join a club
- Nittany Amateur Radio Club, k3rog@arrl.net, https://www.nittany-arc.net/
Get on the air!
Why ham radio?
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73 de K3ROG (Best wishes from me)